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Nyanzi declined to apply for bail and asked the court to send her back to prison, where she says, she wants to stay throughout the trial in order to avoid disruption of her freedom. She says that the trial erodes the rights and freedom of suspects by burdening them to report back to police and to the courts all the time.

In their February 19th, 2019 letter to the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni, the teachers say they have been pushed to take industrial action because of lack of cooperation from government.

It is first time Uganda is attending the meeting after cabinet agreed that Uganda should join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EITI. It is expected that Ugandas membership to EITI will enhance transparency and accountability and lasting value as it prepares for Oil and Gas production.

Surgeries are required to repair or replace aortic dissections and valves that are not working correctly, to correct irregular heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia and to fix or treat genetic heart defects.

The most affected sub-counties are Kigorobya, Buseruka, Bujumbura division, Kyangwali, and Kabwoya among others where residents are asked to pay between 10,000 to 30,000 shillings to have them registered.

According to report from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 5,000 people have fled to Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo to escape fighting and violence against civilians in the last one month.

The elders forum chairperson, Professor Edward Rugumayo, in a three-page letter says that the motion should be considered at a later time.For instance, he states that the idea to divide Burahya County into two constituencies has been received by the people of Kabarole with mixed feelings and to a larger extent caused confusion, with the populace wondering what has all of a sudden precipitated such a wild idea to be mooted.

The current commissioners were designated by the Government and Opposition sides and only presented to the rest of the members. Three of them were designated from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM Party and one was from the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC.

The scheme which was completed in January 2019 was constructed under a presidential directive issued in 2017 following a public outcry on a prolonged dry spell which had resulted into food insecurity forcing families to survive on mangoes and spear grass.

On Monday, four out of the fifteen councillors turned up for the meeting that was chaired by Kabarole District Chairperson, Richard Rwabuhinga, 63 residents voted to move to the municipality, while seven rejected the idea.